The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-08-04

7 committee Of arrangements. DR..
Hodge again babe the guests vel
come, and after devoting one hour
exclusively to the banquet proper,
the following toasts were given
and responded to In q happy man.
ner, A. c. ROmig acting rs toast
master:
estate OF Kansas, Born in blood. Graded
in civil strife, IN maturity supreme among
the sisterhOOd Of states
Responded 70 by W. s. siambaugh.
u. P. A-"-Thoroush, progressive, aggres-
Responded 20 by 7. ]. Matthews.
haaThc Old Uuners, = Veterans though they
are. their services cannot b. dispensed with.
Responded 20 BY 2 q. Bond
The Kids youthful ia appearance. yet
they get there just the same.
Responded % by n Wuipi-
-'Our HOUSE. Our dufyto the men we rep
resent
Responded % BY 8. ]. Kingston.
'aOur Homes,"-' It's wen % know there
q az eye viii mark our coming, and look
brighter when we come"
Responded 10 by T. l.. Bond.
abilene, Her past, present and future.
Responded % by r. J. House.
-fhe Ladies."-oOd bless them, how We
love them.
Responded to by DR. ]. n. Hodge.
The citizens Of Abilene deserve
great credit for their delightful en-
tertainment Of the T. p. As, aud
other visitors on this occasion, aud
not a man, woman or child who had
the pleasure of partaking Of their
hospitality, have anything 10 say
but words Of praise, and OnBnext
May when the knights Of the Grip
assemble i'm Salina, We want the
men who worked SO hard to make
the Abilene meeting h success, 10
come here as Salinas guests, and EN-
joy like good time, and leave your
pocket books at home, as you will
have no use for them. Among the
men who deserve special mention
for their efforts made, are DR. Hodge,
&. A. Gregory, r. W. Ball, l.. b.
Johns, TheO. MOsher, L. H. Faulk-
ner, &. G.. StOerly. J. b. Case, WI
Miller, A. w. Rice, J. II. Brady and
J. ID. McMaster.
NOTES.
c. A. Gregory, proprietor Of South
Park, is the Talmage Of Abilene.
The Gazette band is good one and
their rendition Of '.The Witches
Dance" was fine.
The ball game resulted i'm a vie
tory for Salina by score Of - to Us.
Fred Heeren was umpire.
A. l.. Parker, of the BallOu hOusa,
Of Minneapolis, was a prominent
figure at the T. p AS, meeting.
The Salina special left Abilene
about Il o'clock. amid the shouts OF
the Abilene people for safe journey,
etc.
Ben Nicholson was the tallest trav-
elcr on the grounds, ~ T.. Ransom
and I. J. Kingston the oldest, J. a.
ROssi the sliekest and p q. Bond
the wittiest
The press was represented 10y the
Gazette and Reflector corps, Harry
w. Frost Of the Topeka Lance, Park
:. Warren, Minneapolis Democrat,
c. b. Kirkland and A. J. Stice.
Salina JOURNAL.
John Brainifr, &. T. Miller, WI.
Conrad, Sank Norvill, Jas. Beattie,
ID. \. Van Urine, viii Milan, +. r.
Jones, Geo. T. Bell, and J. w. Co
ing arrived at Abilene on the noon
train and took part in the festivities.
a camp Of Modern WOOdmen was
instituted Thursday night by
Deputy Head Consul James Ramp
lin, with the following officers:
John Daum,a Venerable Consul
Ephraim Hill, worthy adviser;
Frank Shaw, clerk; T. q. yelling
ton, excellent banker; James Car
ruthers, escort; w. b. Devices,
physician; VIM. Barneck, watch
man; Geo. May, sentry; W. b.
Devices and G. w. White, delegates
to head camp; A. G.. STOPPER and L.
Wilder, managers. At the close Of
the meeting neighbOr Ramplin in-
vited all present To the ice cream
parlors, where pleasant hour was
spent. The charter is left open for
other signers until Tuesday evening
The T. l.. Bond residence grounds
are the admiration Of strangers. Il
is said that a more park-like, char
onial mansion place" does not exist
in the state Of Kansas. The inn
prove ment Of the grounds vas COM
nenced by Col. Phillips as long ago
As 1862, and as a consequence there
are walnut and elms and cotton
woods growing in the grounds which
have become wide-spreading, mas
siVe forest trees.
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